Education & Leadership Spotlight

Education News: Fall/Winter 2017

School of Education & Human Development students create Claymation videos, attend a student educators' conference and collaborate with students almost a thousand miles away

On Dec. 4, university studies students learned how to make Claymation videos using modeling clay, their iPads, Apple Pencils, and the Keynote app. The workshop,…

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A Shenandoah Story to Remember

Shenandoah's 32nd Annual Children's Literature Conference Explores The Enduring Power of Tales Well-Told

Children’s book author and the nation’s first Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jon Scieszka kicked off Shenandoah University’s 32nd Annual Children’s Literature Conference on June…

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Literacy Culture Inspires Book Dedication

Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference, the university-housed Shenandoah Valley Writer’s Project and a school devoted to literacy combine to create a story that must be told

It just had to happen at Garland R. Quarles Elementary School in Winchester, Virginia. And it just had to be connected to Shenandoah University’s annual…

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Ed Student Earns SoftChalk Recognition

Jessica Kirkland Receives Accolades for Her Lesson Plan for "I, Too: Bringing to Life the Voices of African-American Writers"

Jessica Kirkland, a School of Education & Human Development MSEd-Individualized Focus student, has been recognized by Softchalk as an honorable mention lesson plan developer. Kirkland…

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Professor Marks Unusual, Special Graduation

New high school grads head out into the world after working with Shenandoah education professor since first grade

Director of Children’s Literature Program and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Karen Huff, Ed.D. in May met, on Shenandoah University’s main campus, with a group…

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Education Faculty Lead Professionally

Board service, world travel and an Apple honor mark spring 2017

Director of Teacher Licensure and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Mary Bowser, Ed.D., was elected secretary of the Virginia Association of Colleges of Teacher Education…

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Shenandoah Valley Writing Project Awarded $15,000 Grant

Funding To Provide Support For SVWP Invitational Summer Institute

The Shenandoah Valley Writing Project (SVWP) at Shenandoah University has been awarded a $15,000 federal Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) leadership grant, which will support…

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